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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-02-20

The decision OF Judge Blodgctt that the word
acropl,u is not in itself defamation and there
,or. NOT actionablc in court of Justice viii have
a wide-sprcading effect. 1t viii give the most
do,i0ht probably TO the man who is always argu-
,,,,, with the Touchdown conclusion: You're
onotber," Under this decision he may safely say ::
.you're "A crank ; !" And thus he wins the
orr,,ment every time. For when a man is called
crank that settles him. How can he stand
-, AGAINST such overwhelming proof that he is
~ tbe weaker side In the disputation? For to
Hn a "cranlx lis what? Nobody knows nobody
an Clearly define it. Webster and Worcester
I'm ignore It in its legal sense. Carlyle it is
,',,o caye the word the equivalence OF ."slbject
80 violent pranxs.' But this signifies nothing
sor what arc violent pranlos'3 II the mind
zoos into pranlss, when do they become violent ?
And who shall act as umpire on the degree?
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-02-20

II is said that door-plate Is now regarded rs
nm appropriate wedding present at the South. 1T
e. an announcement to own house." is tho ex
planation offered. This is all very well, but
most young couples. we take IL, would be better
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-02-20

II. W. Longfellow Is the name OF recently dc
,eoted candidate for Alderman in Philadelphia
Let him read IL w. Longfcllow's designation
md be comforted.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-02-20

FoREIGN.-The news in London England wants
sjoint commission on the fisheries. - Criticism
of Speaker Peel. - The political situation In
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-12-15
A FoAall Continent,

II an intelligent Australian colonist
were suddenly to be translated backward
from Collins street. Melbourne. into the
hourishing woods of the secondary geo
logical period-say about the precise mo-
ment of time when the English chalk
downs were slowly sccunulating. speck
by speck, on the silent floor Of some long
forgotten Mediterranean-the intelligent
colonist would look around him with a
sweet smile of cheerful recognition, and
say to himself in some surprise: WHY,
this is just like Australia. The animals,
the trees, the plants, the insects. would
all more or less vividly remind him OF
tElse he had left behind him in his happy
bone Of the southern seas, and the Nine
tSenth century. The sun would have
noved back on the dial Of ages for few
million summers or so. indefinitely Gn
geology we refuse to Ike bound by dates.
and would have landed him at last. to his
immense astonishment, pretty much at
the exact point whence he first started.
In other words, with few needful quail
fications. to be made hereafter. Aus raj.
is. SO to speak. a fossil con;in, 1t. Il
country still in its secondar. a"e. .. su.-
viving fragment Of the primitive ,:orid
of the chalk period or earlier ., -. - orr-
hill Magazine.
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-12-15

Prince Bismarck. like other great men.
has his favorite flower. 1t is neither
more nor less one than the common red
blooming heather. As long ago as 1862.
when travelling in France, he wrote to
his wife rs follows: '.Chambord castle in
its present deserted state reminds me of
the fate of its owner. In the spacious
halls and vast saloons. where kings held
court with their mistresses, the toys of
the little Duke OF Cordeaux form almost
the only furniture. The sunny court
yards appear like SO many deserted
churchyards. From the tops Of the tow
ers one enjoys fine view, but wherever
one looks one sees nothing but silent for
ests and heather as far as the horizon.
No town, no village, no farm house visi-
hle near the castle, nor as far as the eve
can reach. From the inclosed samples of
heather you will see how beautifully bios
sons here the purple flower l love SO
much-the only flower in the royal gar
dens. Swallows are the only living crea-
lures in the castle. which is too lonely
even for sparrows. Berlin Tagblatt.
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-12-15
The Nyam NynN,k

The English mind, Zebehr said. could
hardly conceive the condition of the
Nyam Nyam people. They had no God,
no prophet. and no law. One man wor-
SHIPPED d tree, another his chickens, some
tire, some water, some the buffalo. some
the serpent. They had no occupation bu:
hunting and fighting one with another.
end they were cannibals. Cannibalism
prevailed among them TO such an exten.
that when he first went down they ate
none but human flesh. Men, women and
children were killed in the market. cut
up and sold as Europeans sell beef and
mutton. All prisoners Of war were eaten,
AMI i'll behaved persons; also men who
s1ew too fat 10 be good for anything else
Aud persons who died n natural death.
A young Nyam Nyam, who was in at
tendance upon the pasha, explained, ap:o-
pos of this. that it is not the custom to
.at your relations. If your mother. for
instance, is supposed to be dying YOU ne
gotiate with some one of neighboring
village 10 give certain sum for her body.
II she recoHers. the bargain falls through;
If she dies, the fact is notified immedi-
ately to the man who has bought her and
she is taken away TO be decently eaten at
3 dlstance.-Contemporary Review.
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-12-15
The Latest Vegetable Fat.

The latest vegetable fat to attract COM
nercial attention is an extract of the
myristica sehitera, so called bean, but
really species of nutmeg. which grows
wild in Guatemala, where the natives
gather it and obtain the oil from it for
soap and candles. The .'beans'' are in
abundant supply. growing in punches on
the bushes, and they can be had at the
small expense of paying Indians to gather
them. a consular representative of Qua
temala is Of opinion that there is a great
future in store for the fat of this vegeta-
BILE. which, he thinks, would be q good
substitute" for lard or butter. Machinery
for crushing sesame seed, which is ex-
cultivated in Guatemala, is now
being sent into that country.-Chicago
Times.
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-12-15

DR.. Murray. of the Royal Society of
Edinburgh, estimates the mean height of
the land Of the globe to be between l., 900
and 2,l00 feet, the latter limit being
probably the more nearly correct Hum
boldt's estimate Of the mean height of
The continents was 1000 feet t.--Arkan-
saw Traveller.
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-12-15


The Partisan restaurants may bc divi-
ded into four classes. First come the
''Cremeries. kind Of dairy eating
house. and chiefly supported by the lower
classes; the 'Etablissements Duval." the
restaurants "a fixe prix" and the restau.
rants "a Ia carte" To the last class b.
long, of c,uise. the fashionable and ex-
pensive cafes Of the great boulevards,
such as the Anglais, the Maison Dores
and the Cafe Bignon. The last men,
toned, by the way. is In the Champs
Elysees, and its scale of prices is outrage
GUS, probably due to the fact that its pa
tronage is almost entirely English and
American. A little further down in the
scale come multitude of restaurants "a la
carte, all good and comparatively rea-
sonable. The great trouble is that one
dining alone must either be prepared to
content himself with very simple din
ner, as far as variety is concerned, or else
be obliged to order twice as much as hi
can eat at proportionate addition to his
bill. One portion for two people is the
almost invariable order in Parisian res
taurant "a Ia carte" and some Of them
VIII even serve portion for three. I'm.
less one dimes there in company with q
friend or some accommodating stranger
he will find that the saving. as compared
with Delmonico's in New York. is little
or nothing. except, perhaps, in the single
item of wine.
The dinners "a fixe prix" vary, of
course, in quality and variety, according
to the price TIE table 4 'hofe af six NJ
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-12-15
.Fatteninr. Camel. for 4 4. Market.

en,"s csmei Tor he Market.
lhe method by which csmels are sud-
denly ''fattened for the market is thus
described:
An ncision. about an inch in length, is
made IN each ear. between the skin and
the flesh. Into this small tube is fitted
and secured by silk cord. There it re-
mans hidden from the observation of all
but the initiated and ready for use at any
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-12-15

A little pamphlet advocating q new
system of condensed printing states that
it costs the London Times s.. 500 a year
to use the superfluous ..u" in the English
spelling of such words as favour, colour,
endeavour. etc, counting material, labor,
and space at advertising rates.-Ths
Epoch.
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-12-15
BUILDING.
LITERARY NOTES.

Clnciunati's new magaZibe-the Creterfon
-rrossuts 10 the public in its December. or
RsliAay, Issue, . splendid specimen OF the
ueintsr's and engraver's art. The intro
auctMy article is on the early life OF Alice
and PhGbe Cary. the beloved sisters OF
pnesy, BY James Albert Greene, of the Gin
einnati Tnass-Stdr. Henry Hooper. assist
ons o. s. district attorney, who was one of
- main attorneys for the government in
- Harper trial. writes Oh ''Another View
e An" Godfrey Lynet Garden. Of the
United States navy. describes in an snte >
enining manner. the French Defence on the
German Frontier. Prof. A. n. Ellis. 4
oll-known traveller, begins . series Of
nAnhles Through Italy. with . description
- Tie famous palaces Of Venice. and pre-
senb with II splendid pictures Of the same.
ThA remainder of the tables Of contents In
eluds delightful Christmas stories: Poeticai
llsssrtation on "The Shakssperian Con-
mRsesy.r by Robert W. Criswell. the
DOloss editor Of the Oil City Qa.) Der
stck, and recently of the Cincinnati En-
Qsstrer: Social Life at Oxford. England:
Dsrothy. . story Of Lake Superior. by s.
h. Church, superintendent Of the Little
lnnni railroad. The price Of the Criterion
--Subeishsd st II Masonic Temples but
= \ vear. or 10 cents a number.
Ths Qsxiper, . member Of the Casseil 4
campauy family of MAGAZINES. (TS9 and
slI Broadwsy, New York; is the first Of
n. J.,u.,v monthl,es TO make its appear-
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Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-12-15
4 Long Ways on.

Late calculations from compared OBJ
servations show that Alcyone-that one
of the pleiades around which the sun and
the whole solar system Were once thought
to revolve-is about 954 600. 600, 0O0, 900
miles from us, n distance that it would
take light about l63 years to travel
Chicago Times.
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-12-15

An ordinary elephant produces 100
pounds Of ivory, worth EGO. England
consumes $50 tons (of which Sheffield
one-third), for which it is necessary tn
kill l., 900 elephants yearly.
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-12-15
Intereafed PeOple.

Advertising patent medicine in the pc
culiar way in which the proprietor OF
kemp's Balsam, for coughs and colds. does
it is indeed wonderful. He authorizes +.
j. Casper, druggist Al east Main street. to
give those who call for it sample bottle
free, that they may try 1t before purchas-
ing. The large bottles are soc and 81. We
certainly would advise trial. 1t may save
you from consumption.
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-12-15

The Van Wert (O.) Gazette says that the
republicans caA carry Virginia and Van
Vert county. next fall. VIII Grover Cleve-
land please paste this in his hat?
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-12-15

The senate had short session Wednes-
day and considered Mr.. Morrilrs immigra-
tion bill. which was finally referred to the
judiciary committee.
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-12-15

St. John saws: I'VE are fighting the re-
publican party now" All right, sir. Fight
away, II you enjoy II. 1t doesn't seem to
hurt the republican party any.
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-12-15

Springfield has . bad councilman who
promises to b Q rival Of the celebrated
Jim, the Penman. dayton Herald.
Springfield hasn't him that is what
troubles q. We had him but he Is gone.
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-12-15

Senators Sherman. Ingalls, and Hawley
nade stirring speeches, in Washington,
wednesday night, at reception to Sir
Thomas Henry Grattan Osmonde and Hon.
Arthur U'Connor, in behalf OF Home Rule.
Senator Hawley thinks ''Home Rule is at
hnnA0
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-12-15

We are glad T. hear that Mr.. Powderly Is
better, and that his physicians say that he
only needs rsposA Tho kickers should
give him rutland give the general pub
lie Q rest also,
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-12-15

MEXICO wishes 10 borrow S5e, 600, 600.
We ars sorry to say we haven't that amount
aboat us, just at present.
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-12-15

l have Used your SaivaIiOn Oil for
cracked heels. mango, and sand cracks with
horses, and IL gives perfect satisfaction.
Chas. W. Lee, Ala W. Baltimore street,
Baltimore, Nd.
The cost Of DR.. Bulls Cough Syrup is
only IS cents. A bottle will convincs ali of
its excellence.
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-12-15

Brain workers should never be without
the great brain invigoratOr, Vinegar Bitters.
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-12-15

The Ohio Horticulturists are holding
their annual meeting at Toledo.
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-12-15
The National Republican. at Washing

The National Republican. at Washing
ton, says with truth and force:
1t took only Is, 52s votes TO send ten cor
gressmen from Georgia to congress. and
the total vote Of the etate was only %. AIS.
The combined vote Of eight OF these Geor-
gia eOngrsssmen was only equal TO the votes
for William n. Springer. Of the Thirteenth
Illinois district, and he was elected BY less
than I 900 plurality.
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-12-15

Dr.. Leonard has been speaking ON ITEM
perance" at Washington.
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-12-15

Florida spiders are said 20 capture krg'
numbers Of snakes in their webs.
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-12-15

In response to . REPUBLIC paragraph
about Foraksr, the Mt Vernon Republican
says:
Right you are! Foraker Is the young
Samson whom the democratic Philistines
hate and fear. His old hat and coat. stuck
on . stick. cause more constsrnation In
democratic circles than General Burnside's
''Order No. 80" did In 1868.
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-12-15

The New York Press club 10 talking Of
erecting monument over Horace Greeley's
grave.
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-12-15

John l.. Sullivan says Of the London
weather: "Ifs splendid for blind men, bit
it doesn't suit me-"
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-12-15

hCNNcS that arc fretful. l,eevish.
cross. or troubled with
Windy Collie Teething Pains, OF
Stomach Disorders, >an be relieved
At once By using Ackers Baby soother.
Is contains no Opium or Morphine,
hence Is safe. Price % cents. Sold bv
Frank II. Coblentz, corner Market and
High streets.
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-12-15
-Four Kinds Of P.ri.i.s ls....u-.n...

The Ohio Changers are In session at Can.
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-12-15
DYSPEPSIA

IL that misery eX perienced when We suddenly
L become aware that We possess q diaboiicAl
arrangement called a stomach. The stomach
Is the reservoir from which every fiber and
tiss must be nourished. AID any trouble
with Ii is soon felt throughout the whole sys-
TEN. Among dozen dyspeptics NO two will
have the same predominant symptoms. Dys-
peptics OF active mental power and . bilious
temperament are subject TO Sick Headache;
those fieshy and phlegmatic have cOnstipn-
ion; while the thin and nervous are aban-
doued to gloomy fOrebodiDgs. Some dys-
peptics are wonderfully forgetfui: others
have great irritAbility OF temper.
Whatever form dyspepsia may take. one
thingis certain.
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-12-15

When you want good coal 90 to WheldOn
& Merrill. Grand opera house.
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-12-15

The Erie canal has seventy -one locks.
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-12-15

The Youngstown (O.) Independent
Judge Thoman's paper) thinks that with
Mr.. Mills, Of Texas. tariff rsductionist. Is
chairman Of the ways and means commit
tee, and sturdy Sam Randall. Of Pennsyl-
vsnia, tariff champion, chairman Of the
committee next 10 importance. that Of ap-
propriatisns, it 10 safe - predict that no
rapical tariff changes will b made. In
view Of this fact Il would appear that the
late message was merely . piece Of bun
comb>.
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-12-15

At representative meeting Of the agri-
cultural and industrial interests Of Great
Britain, held In London few days since.
Lord Pepzance said:
While the Unitcd States and Germany.
whose fiscal system h most opposed to ouI
owr. arc precisely the notions which ars
fourishinG above all Others, II Is difficult b
be satisfied with things IS they are in Eng
land.
And at the same meeting the Duke Of
Rutland said:
We saw that protectionist America was
able to nay Oh the debt incurred In the late
war and able to produce annually fs2 0O0.-
600. while poor free-trade England had +,
90 on her knees and beg for a little money
TO support her army and navy.
These distinguished gentlemen do not
seem to think las John Bright and Grover
Cleveland do) that our congress Is under
moral obligation to legislate In behalf of
British a opposed to American interests.
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-12-15

s61GaA - addreaoed TO CLIFTON II. NIcHoIe.
l11se. aaa ~ business letters TO IHosAs 9.
The Labor enquirer., 1887-08-13

der, shall be issued directly to the peo-
pie, without the Intervention of banks, or
loaned to citizens upon ample security at
low rate of interest to relieve them from
the extortions of usury and enable them
to control the money supply. Postal saw
ings banks should be established. While
We have free coinage of gold, we should
have free coinage of silver. We demand
the prompt payment of the national debt,
and condemn the further issue of interest
bearing bonds, either by the national gov
ernment, or by states, territories, counties
or municipalities.
4. Decentralization should take the
place Of strikes and other injurious meth
ods of settling labor disputes; the letting of
convict labor to contractors be prohibited;
the contract system be abolished in pub
lie works; the hours of labor in industrial
establishments be reduced commensurate
with the increase Of production in labor
saving machinery; employees to be pro-
tected from bodily injury; equal pay be-
ing given for equal work for both sexes,
and labor, agricultural and cooperative
associations be favored and incorporated
by law. The foundation of republic is
the intelligence of its citizens, and chill
dren who are driven into workshops,
mines and factories are deprived of edu-
cation which should be secured by proper
legislation. We desire to see labor organ
izations extend throughout all civilized
countries, until it shall be impossible for
despots to array the workingmen of one
country in war against their brothers of
another country.
8. Soldiers and Sailors-In apprecia-
tion of the services of United States SOL
diers and sailors We demand for them JUS
tice before charity. The purposely de-
preciated money paid them during the
war should be made equal in value to the
gold paid the bOndholder. The soldier
was promised gold or its equivalent and
was paid in deprecated paper. The bond
holder loaned the government deprecated
paper and contracted to take it back, but
was paid in gold.
6. Income Taxa graduated income
is the most equitable system of taxation,
placing the burden of government on
those who can best afford to pay, instead
Of laying it on the farmers and producers,
and exempting millionaire bondholders
and corporations. ....,
7. United States Senate-The capture
of the United States senate by million
aires and and tools of corporations who
have no sympathy with free institutions,
threatens the very existence of the repub-
lie. We demand a constitutional amend
ment making United States senators elect
i've by direct vote of the people.
s. Chinese-State and national laws
should be such as shall effectually exclude
from America the Mongolian slaves and
Asiatic competition.
8. Armed Men-The employment OF
bodies of armed men by private corpora
tions should be prohibited.
10. Eqality-The right to vote is in
herent in citizenship irrespective of sex
II. Temperance-Excessiye wealth, re-
sulting in luxury and idleness on the one
hand and excessive poverty on the other
lead to intemperance and vice. The
measures of reform here demanded viii
prove to be the scientific solution of the
temperance question.
The Labor enquirer., 1887-08-13
United L.sor-Nsw Yorh, sept. ~, 1850

United Labor-New York, sept. 81, 1850.
The Delegates of the Trade and Labor
Organizations OF New York in conference
assembled make this declaration:
/. Holding that the corruptions of
government and the mpoverishment of
labor result from neglect Of the self-evi-
dent truths proclaimed by the founders of
this Republic that all men are created
equal and are endowed by their Creator
with unalienable rights, we aim at the
abolition of the system which compels
men To pay their fellow-creatures for the
use Of Gods gifts to all, and permits mo-
nopolizers to deprive labor of natural op-
portunities for employment, thus filling
the land with tramps and paupers and
bringing about an unnatural competi-
tion which tends To reduce wages to star
yation rates and To make the wealth pro-
ducer the industrial slave of those who
grow rich 10y his toll.
II. Holding, moreover, that the advan-
tages arising from social growth and i'm
provement belong 10 society at large. we
aim nj the abolition Of the system which
makes such benehcent inventions as the
railroad and telegraph means for the
oppression Of the people and the aggran-
dizement of an aristocracy of wealth and
power. We declare the true purpose of
government to be the maintenance OF
that sacred right OF property which gives
to every Que opportunity to employ his
labor and security that he shall enjoy its